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2023 Best Value Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

3 Schools Ranked
$32,835 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for computer science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

7 Total Awards
$31,798 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for computer science students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,798 per year.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UT Knoxville. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee rankings.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
5 Total Awards
$14,544 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great place for computer science students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. UofM is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UofM. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

UofM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

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#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
6 Total Awards
$52,162 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s value ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 per year.

Vanderbilt does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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